Malcom — #1747 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Malcom

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,772 babies named Malcom between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malcom currently holds the #1747 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 186 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malcom performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Malcom shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 395 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Malcom in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malcom in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,772 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.